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R.-Tv-) ;11,4 we took a month ago, and but a few months old. ~ , übjoin a return of the killed and wounded, and it affords me the greatest possible satisfaCtion that we had not a min hurt. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) • PAT. CAMPBELL. Nertuno- 7 killed, 2 drowned, and t 3 wounded. -s killed, and 16 wounded. .d . dnziralty-Ogice, Aug. 16, 1808. Copy qf a Letter from Sir Charles Cotton, Bart. Admiral of the .Blue, &c. to the Hon. TV. Pole, dated on board the Hibernia, off the Tagus, 31st July, 1808. • SIR', Inclosed herewith I transmit, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, copy of a dispatch received by me this. day from Vice- Admiral Lord Collingwood, detailing the defeat and surrender of General Dupont's army, together with the capitulation of the force under Gen. Wedel to Get. Castanos ; by these fortunate events the whole of Andalusia is said to be cleared of French troops. I have the honour to be, B:c7 (Signed) C. COTTO Ocean, of Cadiz,. July 2.4, 1808. By the Scout I informed you that the French forces under General Dupont have surrendered to tie Spanish army ; and having to-day received from the President of the Supreme Junta of Government at Seville the official account of it, I do myself the honour of transmitting a copy of it for your infor mat MIL COLLING\VOOD. ....... -id/nil - al Sir Charles Cotton, Bart, Commander in Chief, &c. QLT the Tagus. MOST EXCELLENT LORD, It is with the greatest satistatlion that the Supreme Junta informs your Excellency of the happy success ‘‘hich our arms have had over the French army un der Generals Dupont, Wedel, and Gobert, they having laid down their arms, as is set forth in the inclosed Papers, which accompany this for your in formation, being persuaded of the noble interest your Excellency takes in our most just cause. The vidory could not hate been more complete, and there does not remain one Frenchman in An didusia ; there not being a single individual of the three divisions (which, by their own statements, amounted to more than twenty thousand men), that has not been either killed or taken pris,mer. rejoicing is so general and so lively, that an ilea of it cannot be given ; and we exiled it will be the same in your Lordship's squadron, through the favour which the Spanish Nation owes to Bri tish generosity. God save your Excellency, (Signed) FRANCISCO DE S AAVEr VICENTE HORE. ANTONIO ZEMBRANO. ANDRES MINAN. JUAN BAPTISTA EMI. LER, Secretary of State. palace of the Real illcares of Seville, 22d July, 1803. To his Ean;eaency ,ldmirca Collingwood. iidniralty-Office, August 15, 1808.. . . _ C_ opy of a Letterfrom George Byng, Esq. Captain of his Majesty's Skip Belliqueux to the Hon. IV W. Pole, dated on board that Ship, (S . Galle, March 13, Int. SIR, I think it my duty to inform you, for the in formation of the Lords Commissioners of the Ad miralty, that his Majesty's Ship St. Fioreuzo this morning anchored off Colombo, having brought in the Piedmontaise French Frigate, totally dismasted, which she captured after an aElion renewed three successive days, and on the last day that excellent and gallant Officer, Captain Hardinge, was unfor tunately- killed. By all information a more severe and determined a.ction has not been fought during the War, nor . tl . ritish Valour shewn more cuhipicuously ; and I hear the St. Florenzo had thirteen men killed and twenty-four wounded, and the Piedmontaise fitty killed . and one hundred wounded. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) GEO. BYNG. Admiralty-Office, Aug. 16, 1808. ccpy of a Letter, from Admiral Young, Commander is L'ltiif of His Majesty's Ships and Vessels at Plymouth, to the Hun. IV. IV. Pole,•dated Salva dor del Mundt), iri Hamodze, Aug. 14; 1804. SIR, I inclose the copy of a Letter from Captain Daly, of the Comet Sloop, to Admiral Lord Gambier, giving an account of the capture of the Sylphe Yrench National Brig of guns. I am, &c. (Signed) W. YOUNG. His Majesty's Sloop Coviet, at Sea, MY LORD, Aug. l 1 1808. On the 9th instant I left Gijon, and .at half past eight this morning, being in lat. 45.. 38. N. and lung. 5. 4. W. I obserVed three strange Sail N.N.E. At nine, I distinguished them to be a Corvette f ind two Men of War Brigs, having hoisted the private signal, their not answering it induced tue to Conclude they were Enemies. In the taco of so superior a force, I thought it most prudent to continue my course under all sail, as by altering it they might be inclined to chase me. I ism happy to way, that by so doing the enemy were far intimidated as to tack and make all sail, from me to the N. N. E. At noon the corvette having inuch outsailed her consorts, tacked and stood to the Southward. I now carried all possible sail in chase of the two brigs, and at half past three the head most brig tacked and passed me to windward about two guns'-shtit distance; at five the remaining brig hp stet French colours, and began to engage me With her stern guns. At twenty minutes atter five, having got within pistol-shot of her, I commenced ,c.lose which she sustained for twentymi- , n uteq, and being then much disabled, hauled down, her colours to the Cont.e .Bhe, proved to be, theistepch National Brig; Sylphe (commanded by M.Louis Marie Cletuont, Capitaine Rigate, and a Member of the Legion of HotWur) , mounting sixteen twenty-six ,pounder carronades, end two long nines, with a complement of ninety sight men. Her Second Lieutenant, and a Midshipman, and five men, were killed in the action, and two Mid- Oiipmen, and three mem wounded, most of them She is a very fine Vessel of her class, copper-bot tomed and copper-fastened, reported to be an excel lent sailer, abundantly found in stores, four years old, about three hundred tons burthen ; and, in my opinion, very fit for .his Majesty's service ; her consorts(who so shamefully deserted her) were the Diligente of twenty-two guns and one hundred and forty men, and the Espiegle of eighteen guns and one hundred men ; they had left L'Orient two days before, having each a quantity of flour on board, and I have reason to believe they were bound to Martinique. I am happy to say no person belonging to His Majesty's Sloop under my command was hurt; but • her main and' main -top-masts were badly wounded, and her sails and tigging cut. I beg leave to recommend to your Lordship's, notice Lieutenant Tomkinson, First of the Comet, for his zeal and activity in this contest, and to repre sent, that the conduct of every Otlicer and the Ship's Company (the latter chiefly consisting of new raised men) was such as to merit my highest approbation. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) C. F. DALY. To Admiral Lord Gambier, Commander in Chief; &c. MAILS. ARRIVED—I Corunna, atertord. Dur—; Gottcnburgh, ‘Vaturforti. PRICE OF STOCKS Tim. DAY AT TWELV E O'CLOCK. Consols' - - - - 66 - dis. THE SUN. SOLLM QULS DICERS FAL3UII AUOLAT L 0 N D ON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1808. The Gazette of last night, we will venture to say, will not only afford the highest gratification to every loyal man and true friend to Freedom, Morals, and Religion in this Country, but to all Europe, as it re cords the triumph of a gallant People over a race of robbers, fighting for a man who is much better fitted to be the Captain of a Banditti than the Ruler of a Great Nation. 'We have a peculiar pride and pleasure in presenting this interesting Gazette to our Readers, because it fully confirms all the intelligence which we have from time to time giVen them of the glorious progress of events in Spain. We were -re peatedly accused of having been the dupe of credulity respelling DuroNT's Defeat and Surrender, and of deceiving the Public by unauthorized accounts of the brilliant triumph of Spanish Valour on that occasion. We confidently relied upon the sources whence we derived the information, and we lament ed that people who have not such opportunities of ob taining intelligence as ourselves, should be so very incredulous upon matters not only interesting to Spain, but to this Country and to all Europe. — But we lease these persons, who seemed chiefly solicitous to damp public expedtation, to console themselves as well as they can, hoping that they will catch ardour from the glorious flame of Spanish loyalty, and he hereafter more ready to do justice to the efforts of a People determined to support their lawful Monarch, and the independence of their Country, against the most infamous Tyrant that ever obtained the power of disturbing mankind. The official Dispatches contained in the Gazette of last night, which were so anxiously desired, are chiefly interesting because they fully confirm all the accounts which we had given, and because they tend to justify a confident hope that the plunder ing hordes of France will find it necessary to retreat as fast as possible from the country, which they in vaded, and vainly hoped to reduce to bondage, un less they wait to fall beneath the vengeance of a loyal and heroic people. 'There can be no doubt that, as the French have left Madrid, they will with equal precipitation endeavour to escape beyond the Spanish frontiers, in order to secure the booty, which the despicable mock-monarch of Spain has so infamously stolen from that country. We cannot refer to the glorious success of Spain without giving our hearty tribute of respea, esteem, and ad-1 miration to CASTANOS, the wise as well as intrepid Leader of her Armies. It appears that he had a dif ficult task to go through, in keeping under due re straint the impetuous valour of his Country:nen, who wanted to rush upon the fbe, and who, as that foe was rendered so crafty and so skilful by experience, might have been the viahos of their undisciplined valour. C AST Nos, however, by perseverance and resolution, kept their spirit under due . ; bounds, till it could be exerted with proper etrea, and hence the glorious viaory which en 'sued was the fruit of his own wisdom, as well as of the valour of his Countrymen. We find from Capt. WHirrn,T9nAm's Letter, that the Spanish Ge neral REDING had been treacherously attacked by the French General WEDEL, during the truce. — Such treachery is exaaly consistent with the cha raCter of the modern race of Frenchmen. ANT6' know that it was practiced by BUONAPARTE at the Siege of Am, and that part of his con dua is among the stains in the condu& of a titan whose character is indeed loaded with every crime that can degrade human nature. We hine now only to express our hopes that this confirmation of those auspicious tidings from Spain, which we have frequently bad an opportunity of submitting to our Readers, will speedily be followed by similar intel ligence from Portugal. The cause of that country is the same; the people seem to be animated by the same loyal and patriotic feelings ; and they have the powerful co-operation of a large force from this Country, commanded by Officers of known va lour and experience. Let us indulge hopes of still more prosperous events, and that the Continent in general will follow the glorious example thus held forth to them, and throw off the chains in which they have so long been held by a more unprinci pled Tyrant than is to be found on the records of history in any age or country. Last night Dutch Papers to the 7th inst. were re ceived in town, from which we have made some extra&s. It appears that all the exertions of Buo , - NAPARTE have been insufficient to keep the People of France and of his Vassal States in ignorance of the events which have occurred in Spain. The French, Dutch, and German Papers of course dare not speak out upon this subje& ; but it is evident that rumours of the disasters which the French have sustained are in circulation on the Conti tient. These Reports are alluded to in a very vague manner, in n Paper called the Journa of the Empire. It states, that reports have been pro pagated that the English had obtained advantages in Spain and Portugal, but -" the uncertainty and con " trariety of these reports are sufficient to expose " their improbability. It is true the English, ac- - " cording to their usual custom, have endeavoured " to excite disturbances ; but it is also certain that " all their efforts to make themselves - masters of " the Ports and Fleets of Spain have again been. frustrated. We learn, from authentic information, " that they are not in possession.of one Harbour or " Fleet, Brc." It it very true that the English are not in posses sion of the Fleets and harbours of Spain ; but the Journal of the Empire either forgot, or did not think it necessary to inform its Readers, that the Ports of Spain are open to the English—that the Fleets of Spain are wing in concert with ours, and that the French Fleet had been attacked and captured in the harbour of Cadiz. These fa&s are, however, we have no doubt, very generally known upon the Continent, and must, if the People are not lost to . every sentiment of independence, produce most im portant effeas.—The triumphal entrance of JOSUE! BUONAPARTB into his Capital is pompously an nounced in these Papers. The People of Madrid, it is said, manifested the greatest joy upon this occa sion, and shouts of " longlive the King," resounded on all sides. If the French and Dutch Papers should ever condescend to inform their Readers of JOS EPH ' S hasty departure from Madrid, they will probably state that he is gone to honour with his royal pre sence the 'different provinces of his newly acquired dominions. MURAT, it appears, has resigned to BUONAPARTE the Grand punchy of Berg. This resignation was probably made as a preparatory step to his being ma d e King of Naples. We should, think, however, that the recent occurrences in Spain would rather tend to embarrass this arrangement. THE Alcmene has arrived at Plymouth from Co quina, which she left on the loth. On Saturday last she spoke with Sir H. BURRARD'S Expedition, all well, a hundred leagues south-west and by south of Ushant. Their progress had been slow, owing to unfavourable winds. The Captain of an American Vessel which arrived at Deal yesterday from Holland, states, that the Austrian and Russian Ambassadors had been recalled from the Dutch Court previous to his sailing. We give this report, as it has reached us, without pledg ing ourselves for its authenticity. We received yesterday Spanish Papers . to the gth inst. but at too late an hour for us to insert the Ex traets which we made in the whole of our impres sion ; we have therefore re-printed them this day. The Blake,. of 74 guns, will be launched in the course of a week or ten days, at Woolwich. Admiral DomETT has been indisposed at his house in Fludyer-street. Lord GAMBIER dined with Lord MULGRAVE, at the Admiralty, yesterday. THE DUKE OF Yoxx.—His Royal Highness yes , terday completed his 45th year, and the event was celebrated by the Tradesmen in his service by illumi nations in various Farts of the town; The Thatched House was the scene of the chief festivity on this occasion, where about one hundred persons assem. bled in honour of the day, and had a splendid din 7 ner. TAYLOR, DIGNUM, and other vocal performers, Were monied for the occasion, and gratified the com ' pany with their respeaive exertions. The Sub scription Houses at the West-end of the town, as Well as the Opera House, and the three Theatres, manifested their respeel for his Aoyal Hiz - hless by splendid illuminations. • As the Windsor coach was leaving town last eycn lug, the hind axletree broke near the top of Picca dilly. Several of the passengers were very much hurt. The coachman was diSlied with such vio lence against the pavement, that 11 , A was taken to the hospital in a very dangerous state. NAVAL NEWS. • PLYMOUTH, AUG. 15.—Arrived last evening the French National Brig La Sylphe, mounting 18 guns, 6 and 9-pounders, with 100 men, laden with flour and arms, having dispatches, captured on the loth inst. on her passage from L'Orient to Martinique, by the Comet Sloop of War, of t 6 guns, Capt• DALY, after a sharp anion. The Comet is - arrived with her prize. Arrived the Alcmene Frigate, from a ctuize. The Spanish Schooner mentioned in my last to be brought in here, had when taken 40,000 stand of • arms' on board, which with the Vessel were taken back to Spain and landed, for the use of the Spanish 'atriots. It is reported that General SUN OT and his rang have surrendered,4 that the Russian Squadron in the Tagus have been taken possession of by Admiral COTTON; and that JOSEPH BUONAPARTE has been taken iu his retreat from Madrid, after a severe , action, in which 7000 men were killed. These re ports however want (what it is sincerely to - be wished they may shortly have) confirmation. The Talbot Sloop of War arrived this evening, and brought in with her a French Corvette, sup posed to be one of those which ran away from the Comet. Formsmourn, Auc. W.—Arrived hir. ViziestY'‘' Ship l' Fleche, from a cruize. DEAL, AUG. ta.—Arrived the Mary, FOSSICK/ for Boston ; Kitty, MARLtNGWELL, for Liverpool; and Fortune, CRAWLEY, for Cadiz. Sailed His Majesty's Ships Alus au , Majestic, aria Aboukir to the'Northward. By an American Vessel just arrived . here frorn Holland, we learn that the Austrian and Russian Ambassadors had been recalled from the Dutch Court previous to her sailing, and War was expeaed tnediately with those Countries, SHEERNESS, AUG. 15.—Arrived from the River the Valorous Praam, Capt. raviTsr, and Diligence Bomb ; the latter.came into Harbour, The Rravedagoren Gun-brig, Lieut. DENNts, i$ anchored at the Little Nore, from Chatham. Arrived, and passed for the River, the home' ward•bound West Wia Fleet. In sight, below the Nore, the homeward-bound East Indiamen, for the River. Aprrived yesterday. the Aggressor from Heligoland, EAST INDIA INTELLIGENCE. It was understood, according . to the latest ac counts at Bombay, that a French General, with S ao partizans, had already found their way to Persia, and were prosecuting their route towards India, for • the purpose of alienating the minds of the Native Powers, and of enabling them to shake off their pendence on the British Asiatic Government. The intrigues of the French, it is said, have obtained the cession of Ormus and Gambron, at the mouth of the Persian Gulph, posts which would afford theta great facilities in furnishing clandestine assistance to the local Princes. Under an apprehension that the Government of the Mauritius had it in intention to send Officer. and Artificers through these new acquisitions to the Eait, a Squadron, consisting of the Albion, 74, two Frigates, Royal George', Mornington, and Ternate, had been sent from Bombay to the Gulp!' of Ormus, to intercept any French armament that might b 0 sent to that quarter. We are happy to add that the aggregate naval power of France in the Indian Seal would not be able to resist the British naval fora employed on this particular service. The Danish settlement of Serampour, on the Hooghley, bad been taken possession of by the Company's' troops, and the stores found in it are said to have been considerable. By private accounts received by the Fleet, we have the Fatisfattory intelligence of the arrival of ,the Surat Castle, Capt. ROBERTSON, from Rio Janeiro, at Penang, which she reached on the 20th of Ja nuary, after a very long passage. This ship had 350 troops on board, and was previously believed to have been lost. Passekers per, Marquis Wellesley-A. ,Montgorqcry. Esq. 'llfortnornery, --, —;-- SOottiswobir, - Esq. I . M. Tancolei Esq. Mrs. Rouste, Mrs. Droz, Major Thoreby, Mts• Hatchet, Master W. Street, &c. Per Lord Duncan,-Mrs. Ashton„ Lieutenant-Colonel s Black, C. Wood, and T. Green; Major W. Nichol); CaP7 tains Cheape and Thomas ; Mr. L Mackintosh ; E. S. Mackintosh, M. Simpson Isab "Thomas,Hessing, M. 1.. finitlaSs, L. Cockburn, Per Earl (lowe Lieutenant-Colcinel Daley, died ..at sea in April ; Lieutenant-Colonel Grant, Captain Warburton, Lieutenant Cha.nbers, Hon. Company's Service..; Captain Hillon, His Majesty's zyth Dragoons ; Mrs. Darley and two children, &c. Per the . Devonshire -Sim. Halliday, Esq and family ; S. Waring, Esq and faMily ; Lieutenant-Colonels Woi;d ington and Bethune; Major Harding, Captain Johnson and _family ; Misses E. Read, M. Carter, M. D. Douglas, M. C. Douoas, Master". Douglas, • Per the Surrey- Mrs. Wade and two children, Mrs. Creel' and four children, Mrs Crighton andlwo children; Mackin Dayott, 11 , 1ademoiselle Dayott, C. Dayott, Thomas Graham, Esq his Majesty's Civil Service, &c. Per the Metcalte Lewis Cochrane, Esq. _Mrs. Cochrane. W. Sandwith, Esq. died at Sea 1 :h August ; I . Fi , her,Eb‘l• Su rgeon,H . Morg .rt, Assistant-Surgeon 0 .• Ore We,' Litrt',.•st-l• Jacob, 34th Regiment, &c. Per the Airly C a stle-Lieut.-Col. P. A. Agnew, 21st Regiment; Lieut. Col. G. Lis, Madras Fenci'eles ; M. " r Reid - , 33d Regiment; Captain L iter, Regimeot I",titie Infantry-, Capt. Clark, 16th I e),..0 ►,at N.uve Infant y,szc • Per City ut London-Mrs. Vale:, Nirs. Stavin and her tP' O daughters, Lieutenant -Colonel in Mrs. Marsden, Major Armstrong, Stith lteglinent ; Captain aid Sandys, 5 011 Rekment." The Bombay ships passed the Ihilhelmi.na,lVe%' ford, Piton, and Sir Wil.l.ium.Ptilt.eney., em Like N. l -4 , " labar coast. • The Royal george was fitted out as a hi . an . and had pr6ceocted on a cruize up the I